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March 30, 2007
Blob Bot Moves Like Amoeba
Roboticists at Virginia Tech have developed a new type of locomotion for robots inspired by the single cell amoeba. Instead of using wheels, tracks or legs, the Blob Bot's entire skin provides the means of propulsion. This method gives the bot total freedom on uneven and unfriendly terrain. Where wheeled and legged robots would get stuck, the Blob Bot could easily squeeze thru.
Future applications for such a bot are in disaster search and relief, construction and planetary exploration.
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